Definitions for choroid

choroid cho·roid

Spelling: [kawr-oid, kohr-]
IPA: /ˈkɔr ɔɪd, ˈkoʊr-/

Choroid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 118 anagrams from letters in choroid (cdhioor).

Definitions for choroid

noun

  1. choroid coat.

adjective

  1. like the chorion; membranous.

Origin of choroid

1625-35; Greek choroeidḗs false reading for chorioeidḗs chorioid

Examples for choroid

This vessel soon atrophies, and with it the distal opening in the choroid slit completely vanishes.

The comparison of the choroid plexus to a worm is very common.

This notch is the only rudiment of the choroid fissure of other types.

The thicker outer wall gives rise to the retina, and the thinner inner wall to the choroid pigment.

In the Lizard the choroid slit closes considerably earlier than in the Fowl.

Lining the inner surface of the sclerotic is the second coat, the choroid.

The whole structure is known as the tela vasculosa, or choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle (fig. 250, chd 4).

On the sixth day the choroid slit becomes rapidly closed, so that at the end of the sixth day it is reduced to a mere seam.

Up to the fifth day this vascular loop is the only structure passing through the choroid slit.

With reference to the choroid fissure we may state that its behaviour varies somewhat in the different types.

Word Value for choroid
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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